Global Patent Index - EP 2664705 B1

EP 2664705 B1 20210120 - Clothes dryer with heat pump

Title (en)

Clothes dryer with heat pump

Title (de)

Wäschetrockner mit Wärmepumpe

Title (fr)

Sèche-linge avec pompe à chaleur

Publication

EP 2664705 B1 20210120 (EN)

Application

EP 13167426 A 20130513

Priority

KR 20120051605 A 20120515

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP2664705A1] A clothes dryer according to one exemplary embodiment includes a main body (100) having a drum (110) rotatably installed therein, a circulation channel (116) formed in the main body, the circulation channel defining a path of air that flows through the drum (110) to dry a target to be dried, and a heat pump system (120) having an evaporator (121), a compressor (123), an expansion apparatus (122) and a condenser (124), the heat pump system (120) configured to cool and heat air flowed through the circulation channel (116), wherein the evaporator (121) is mounted in the circulation channel (116), and a 'U' trap is placed below the evaporator (121) in the circulation channel (116).

IPC 8 full level

D06F 58/02 (2006.01); D06F 58/20 (2006.01); D06F 58/24 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP KR US)

D06F 58/04 (2013.01 - KR); D06F 58/206 (2013.01 - EP KR US); F26B 23/001 (2013.01 - EP KR US); D06F 58/02 (2013.01 - EP US); D06F 58/24 (2013.01 - EP KR US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 2664705 A1 20131120; EP 2664705 B1 20210120; CN 103422332 A 20131204; CN 103422332 B 20160323; KR 101919887 B1 20181119; KR 20130127816 A 20131125; US 2013305553 A1 20131121; US 9200841 B2 20151201

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 13167426 A 20130513; CN 201310178989 A 20130515; KR 20120051605 A 20120515; US 201313888739 A 20130507